P177 BCS 22-0270 flood damage prevention update
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Item um AP one seventy seven was published in the Tampay Times on May eighteenth, twenty twenty two.
177 We had gotten approval for continuance um from the prior hearing. This item is to be considered today for the first reading. Um only and it will have its second adoption reading on August twenty fourth. Twenty twenty two. So it will be heard today. Okay, who's presenting it?
Esther's behind you. Esther? Esther's behind you.
Good afternoon, Chair and uh Board Members. I'm here presenting the AP 177. Uh that is the Chapter 11. Uh that's BCS twenty-two. O two seven zero. My name is SL D M. Director Building Official for Pasco County. Uh amending Land Development Code Section Eleven O four floor damage prevention. Uh we're here before you this afternoon. Uh next
slide, please. Uh the next one. Uh, this is to amend the 1104 flood ordinance. Pasco County has been the strategic plan that was just approved in October 2021. The goal 1.1 of it is to promote and participate in the national flood insurance program. That being said, FASCO County Carrie has been a member of the National Flood Insurance Program since November 18. nineteen eighty
one, and the purpose of this membership is to allow our citizens to purchase federally backed flood insurance. And also Next slide. Um, we've been a member of the CRS, the community rating system, since October 1, 1992. The purpose of the community rating system is to allow us to get a discount for our citizens. Right now we are a we are rated six
and with that we have 20% discount for our citizens. And um This afternoon we are presenting the flood zone map that has been approved by FEMA since June 2020. We want that to be adopted locally and in the in so doing we want to give you the overview of where we are as a county. Yes, we are CRS class 6, premium discount is 20%.
And we have roughly about 20,000 policy orders, 19015 as of 2021. And for this as citizens, we give them a savings of 3.1 annually due to our rating as a six. Next flight. This slide is showing us what it could be and what it is and where we could get to. If we don't have the scant uh
uh a residence in the coastal V zone Annual insurance is about $8,000. With class 6 rating as of today, they get a savings of about $1,500. Annually. And if we are ever to get to a class five, they will get a savings of almost two thousand dollars. Uh anybody in zone A gets as of today a savings of about
fourteen hundred dollars annually. And if we get to uh to class five, they will get a twelve eighty nine Dollars savings in in in the insurance, in the flood insurance. Why are we here? There is a mandatory regulation that FEMA is putting out that if we don't adopt, we will automatically fall to renine, a class nine, and that means zero
discount for Pasco County citizens. There are four bullets on this uh major requirement. Number one is to adopt the new FEMA. flood insurance map that is already adopted I approved and in Florida building code since June twenty twenty. The second bullet is to eliminate the 36-inch option for manufactured homes. The third one is
the wet proving of large agricultural structure, that means any structure that is over 600 square foot. And the fourth one is to standardise the use of market value, that is for private appraisals. So I'm going to take it one by one to explain what I mean. Number one is the flood map. And adopting the floodman into our local ordinance is a formality. It's already in the Florida Building Code. So whether we adopted
it or not, we are still enforcing it as a county. And number two is to eliminate the thirty-six inch option for manufacture home. This is to maintain a class six rating. If we don't get this uh this bullet passed We will automatically go to a class nine. The smaller the better. When we go to the higher number, that means uh the
discount that we get gets smaller. A nine is a zero. So uh the third bullet is that of wet proving a large agricultural structure. This is in the FEMA bulletin that is already in existence. That means any large agricultural building that is over 600 square foot. If you go to the next slide, you will see what I mean. Ordinarily they will have to raise this
uh these structures to a BFE, to a base flood elevation. But Now FEMA is saying, well, you can wet proof by just providing those openings. And once you have the flood openings, the water can come in and out of these structures without having to elevate them. Uh the fourth point.
Is standardizing the use of appraisal in flood zones. That is the use of the market value. There are two options to evaluate structures in flood. We can use the property appraisals.
recommended uh the what is on their website plus fifteen percent or you can get a private appraisal to give you a level of what you have. But with the private appraisal now this is standardizing the use. It's not comparison. It's the structure before improvement is made. And and this is for just solely for private appraisal. This is what this is about. So
The next one. Regulatory changes. This changes is not mandated, is not required. We are bringing this forth just to be able to solidify our sixth rating. Uh we are hanging on to a six by a trade. So by bringing this forward, also this also benefits our citizens. This is what we get almost at least once a week. We get a uh
a complaint about this, and this is the non-conversion agreement. Structures, that is the number one. Structures that are in V zone, in the velocity zone, that are on pilots, the lower level can be used for storage. And uh most of the time is is non occupiable. So what this is saying is we want to have a non-conversion agreement with Homeowner that they will record
this uh with the deeds that this lower level is non-occupiable and this is giving the next homeowner Uh heads up that what you're buying the lower level is non-occupiable. That is the first one. The second one is the critical facility. The critical facilities is uh a definition that has been approved by this board since 2003, and it's in the definition of the Land
Development Code. But we want to bring it into the body of the code. And what this is saying is when visible, and this is when visible, not to locate critical facility. in velocity zones. And for instance there are definitely times that this will have to be. If you have a polar station and there are enough people in that area that really needs to have a a a
polo station, absolutely it will be. They will just have to elevate it to BFE plus two feet. So and this is plus two, yes, in in velocity and for critical facilities. But what we're saying is we want people to explore is there a possibility of not locating it in velocity zones. For instance, another example is a nursing home. If you have a nursing home that is in velocity zones, and now they during hurricane
they have to be evacuated. I mean, most times they will have to go to shelter. Going to shelter, they might have people that are not skilled, that is now looking after them, having caring for them. If it is possible not to locate it in velocity zone, and this is what this section is about. So Um
Now is the first reading. No action is required except public comments. The adoption hearing will be August 24th in New Portie. Any questions?
Okay. Um and thank you. I know you guys have been working hard on this. Um W this is uh a public hearing and we can take um comment from anyone here who wishes to speak. Are you wanting to bring something up, Anthony, that wasn't touched on? Um
Mr. Chairman, we just have to read in the advertisement for this item. Is that correct?
I'm sorry,
what's the question?
Should we read in the advertisement? Can it's written um for the presentation?
I don't think you have to read the advertisement in the right-of-way. Okay. Okay,
thank you.
Okay. Um Um board members any questions?
Um I'll wait for public comment then I'll comment. I think there's
at least one
person that wants to speak.
But Sharkley I thought the east side would be uh following the rules for the agricultural buildings, I don't know um You know, uh having to do the wet what do you call it? Wet flood proofing. Wet flood proofing. So hopefully they're all
aware of what's coming. That's for structures over six hundred square foot. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, I see um we might have someone for public comment.
No with RV garages and things.
RV garages. Barbara Will Heights [address removed], on my own behalf. I don't represent any clients. I've kind of taken this on for years as a labor of love to make sure that as we change and update this particular ordinance that we don't have unintended consequences, that actually sets the county back. So I have been my partner in crime has been John Moody. um and uh him more on the technical side in teaching me the things that I have learned. And we have skimmed through this in detail
and staff has spent many hours with us. Um there's a I think the critical facilities, I understand the explanation that was made. I did have a question about that, but it looks like that's just gonna apply in the velocity zone, which makes sense. So if it gives you any comfort that you've had a couple people spend hours and hours and hours on this with your staff to just make sure that there aren't unintended consequences. The leadership has been outstanding. You know from the beginning when I raised my my hand at the horizontal round table and everybody in the horizontal round table were like, oh please
just go away. Staff has taken our input as collaboration and not as an annoyance. They've treated us like partners and uh so I can bring this, you know, stand up here and say I think we've you know, not that we're perfect, um but I think we've we've uh got all the unintended consequences out of the uh ordinance and you can move forward, your staff can move forward to their FEMA audit and we should be in a pretty good place.
Yeah, um and I would echo what Barbara said, Barbara and John. Um worked diligently on this and staff I've had multiple meetings with staff on this and I also called um other builders and folks in other counties and um talked to many commissioners from other counties about this. So I feel pretty comfortable with what we're proposing today. Commissioner Mariano
Madam Chair same thing um staff has been very good working these things through the points that were brought up We made the changes that need to be changed. So we're pretty much modeling what the state and feds have done. We don't want to put any extra burdens on our people either, at the same time stifling uh redevelopment up along the coast as well. So I think staff's done a great job. Barbara, thank you to John, the other folks that were in the in the in it as well to make sure we got this right. Those last two things are just noted changes that aren't necessary, but they don't do any harm and one probably helps our citizens understand yeah what
what what the what their ramifications are too. So I'm comfortable with it.
Okay, so there's no action today. It's the first reading. Is that correct?
Yeah. So What Anthony was trying to do, I think, is read the title of the ordinance into the record, not the not the advertising. So let's let's get that cleaned up.
Thank you so much. Okay, Board. Um an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, amending the Pasco County Land Development Code, Section 1104, Flood Damage Prevention, to bring the county's flood damage prevention regulations in line with the model ordinance approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And to coordinate with Chapter 18, Buildings and Building Regulations of the Pasco County Code of Ordinances, amending
the Land Development Code, Appendix A definitions. and other sections as necessary for internal consistency. Incorporating FEMA's most recent flood insurance study for Pasco County, establishing areas of special flood hazards, recodifying building official to perform analysis for building permit applications on structures within flood hazard areas, and providing method process for such analysis. requiring signed declaration
of land restriction non-conversion agreement. For projects proposing to enclose areas under elevated buildings, certain crawl spaces, and certain accessory structures. Recodifying county approval for letters of map changes to FEMA. Recodifying encroachment, development, and fill on properties within floodways. Adding andor recodifying restrictions on location of critical facilities, detached structures, mobile
home manufactured homes, RVs, park trailers, tanks, decks, patios, and other development in floodways, recodifying FEMA guidance. Publications and technical bulletins by reference. Changing variance procedure from Planning Commission to Hearing Officer. process requiring data to be provided in areas identified as sheep flow and ponding. Providing a variance process for
certain agricultural structures. Additional specification specific findings required for variances. providing for or amending the following definitions accessory structures, Agricultural structure, critical facility, declaration of land restriction, non-conversion agreement, existing manufactured home park or subdivision. expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision? Flood
hazard area, historic structure, Letter of map change, L O M C Market value, new manufactured home, park or subdivision, and trailer and park trailer, park model. Providing for applicability repealer, uh providing for servability, inclusion into the land development code, and an effective date.
All right, thank you. And I I did have one last question. I I didn't get this in my book for whatever reason, so I uh I am looking at all these addendums online. Um I had asked at our last meeting that we be referring to the Florida Building Code specifically. Did that make it into here? where applicable, we say Did did that make it into the ordinance? And those lines that we talked about in my meeting? Because I I don't have any of my notes here with me. Yes, ma'am. I
got in late last night. Yes, Mr. Chairman Mariano. All right. Any other questions?
So in lieu of the motion that's within your agenda package, the motion for this would be accept public comment, which you've done. No action is required by the Board of County Commissioners. As this is the first of two public hearing, the second hearing, the adoption hearing will be held on August twenty fourth, two thousand twenty two, at one thirty PM in Newport Ritchie, right? Okay.